Cuff.



L. LAUER, JR.

GUET.

APPLICATION Hman MAY 11, 1911.

Patented Aug. 1911.

a Hof/mnd@ entran |o,irrion.'

LEDN LAUER, JR., F BALTIMEE, MARYLAND.

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` Specification of Letters atent.

provide an improved construction of cui'1 which whenworn will have the appearance of a folded orturn over cud but which will be free of the many objections to such cuffs.

Another object is to provide a cud which while having the appearance of a folded or turn over cuff when viewed at the vertical edges adjacent the'ends of the button holes will in reality be permanently stitched to produce the effect desired.

A. further object of the vinvention is to provide an improved construction of cud having a permanent fold along that longitudinal ed ve which becomes the exposed edge of the cu when worn and to so secure thecu1 permanently in a cross-wise direction adjacent to and at a point spaced from its two end edges as to produce permanent open end folds at said end edges.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of cud' which will present the `appearance of a foldable culi' but which will be cheaper to manufacture; which will present but two buttonholes instead of four as in the ordinary foldable cuil through which the cuil-buttons must be threaded and which button-holes may readily be alined; which will avoid the tendency7 to crack along the longitudinal fold; the lining of which will beso secured as to yavoid producing Wrinkles in the c ufl when ironed and which may be laundried 'stiff as well as soft.

`With these and other objects in view, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure l shows theimproved cuff kin perspective as it appears when in use. 2, shows the cuff in a flat condition,-on.e corner of the outer surface of 'the saine being turned'over to show the lining and the inturned edges ofthe fabric. Fig. s, shows -an enlarged vertical crossesection through ithe'cui and the lower edge of the sleeve?l the stitches 10,

llig-2, and Fig. 4, shows an enlarged hori- @atented' lling. 191i. v- `Aplgication led May 11, 1911. Serial No. @26,40%

the section being taken on the' line 5 3 of zontal section through one end of the cuthis section being taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. Q.

ln making the improved cud;i the outer material, 1, is out into the desired size and shape and the lining, 2, is then laid on the sti-called Wrong side of said Gulf material. All four edges of the two materials are then turned back over the lining so that thev outer material surface will forma binding, 3, for the back-turned edges of the lining.'

While in the dat condition a row of stitching, i5,ris then taken along the two opposite ends and along one longitudinal edge thus edectively securing the lining and exposed 'cud material together along said fold lines. The two materials are then longitudinally folded at i,-the fold forming thelover exposed edge of the cuil when the latter is "worn, and said lfold being nearer one Alongitudinal edge than the'other and forming an outer cud1 surface, 5, of

greater depth than the inner culi' surface, 6,

as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

lt will be noted by reference to Fig. 3, that in turning back the material to forni the binding, 8, two longitudinal folds, 7, and, 8,' are produced andl that the fold, 7, 'forms the upper edge of the broader outer cud' surface 5, while the fold, 8, forms the upper edge of the narrower inner cud sur face, 6. lt will also be noted that the fold,

7, has position above the fold, 8, and that the sleeve, 9, has its lower edge projecting between said two folds and issecured theretoA in the lresent instance b means of a suiiiciently removed from the.v fold, 7, at the outer side of the .cuff (because that outer through the cud near the fold, '8, but are,

side is wider than the inner side) to permit` said fold, 7, to be free and to have the form of'a loose flap, li, in that said fold may be turned outwardly as far as the rowl ofy stitches, l0, will permit.

By referring to l l extend parallel vvithibut spaced from the right angle'and edge fold, e, and then make another turn and entend longitudinally at, 13, and 'in a di- `nig. 2, it will. be se'e'iithat fold, 7, and then tui-n ata entend at, 1Q, towardthe-llo rection parallel with but spaced from the fold, et, and finally at the opposite end of the cuit4 said stitches make another turn and eX- te-nd in a row, 14., and connect with the starting point or at the end of the row, 10. Thus it will be seen that the stitches including the rows, 10, 12, 13 and 14 together form a rectangle and permanently secure the cuff material and lining through lthe inturned ends or binding, 3. A row of stitching, 1G, is then taken along and through the longitu dinal fold, 4, thus securing the'outer cuit| material and the lining together at said fold. It is therefore to be understood that the folded` cuff and lining materials are secured permanently together by a rectangular row of stitching that is spaced from the horizontal top edge so as to leave said edge outside of the said row of stitching free and in the .forni of a flap.

At the two vertical ends the same condition prevails as at the upper edge. The rows of stitching 12, and, 14, are spaced 'fromthe folded edges, 17, and18, thus leav- 1ng the marginal portions from the stitch-- ing outwardly free. The result of this construction is that when the culi' is bowed and the vertical edges placed side-by-side as in use the edges of the two outer wider surfaces and the edges of the two inner narrower surfaces may all be seen and asA said edges are free and disconnected from each other from the lower fold, 4:, to the upper longitudinal free edge, 7, the cuff will have the appearance at said edges'of the foldable cuff.

Each button-hole, 19, extends through the outer surface, 5, of the cuf material the two layers or thicknesses of the lining, 2, and also through the inner surface, 6,0f the cud material and the stitching, 20, about the said hole draws said thicknesses of materials close together so that in reality there will be no intervening spaces," between said materials.

By reference toFigs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the button-holes are located in the rectangular space bounded by the rows 10, 12, 18, and, 14, of stitches. It will also be seen that when the cuff is bowed and the two vertical ends brought .together that there will be but two button-holes to be brought into register and through which the buttons must be passed.

F rom the foregoing explanation it is to be understood that the thicknesses of materials of which the cufl is formed are permanently stitched along lines that are separated or spaced. from the vertical end and horizontal upper marginal edges leaving those portions from the stitched lines to the edges free thus giving the permanently-secured culi' the appearance of a foldable cuff.

Having thusdescribed my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,- v

1. A cuff having the material of which it is formed folded to produce a longitudinal edge from end to end and permanently stitched from one side to the other adjacent the said fold edge and one side of the cuff from the longitudinal fold edge to the opposite longitudinal edge being of a greater width than the other side of the cuff from the fold tothe opposite longitudinal edge, lines of stitching passing through the cui material from one side to the other,-said lines of stitching extending parallel with the longitudinal edges and being spaced from the edge at that side of the cuff that has the greater width whereby to leave a free longitudinal flap along said lat-ter side and the lines of stitching extending along but spaced from the o'pposite vertical edges of the cuff whereby to form free flaps at said vertical edges and. the cud having buttonholesJ at the inner side of the vertical lines of stitching.

2. The combination with a shirt sleeve, of a cuff having the lining and the outer material turned inwardly at the marginal edges and forming a binding around the lining at one longitudinal edge and at the opposite vertical edges.; stitches passing through the edges of the binding and securing the same to the lining and the outer material and lining being folded longitudinally from end to end and having a row of stitching along the longitudinal fold for permanently securing the materials together at said'fold and the opposite sides of the cuf from the longitudinal fold toward the sleeve being of unequal widt-h with one longitudinal edge projecting beyond the other-the lower edge of the sleeve being inserted between .thelongitudinal edges and secured therein by a line of stitching passing through the cuff and sleeve,-the said line of stitching being spaced from the longitudinal edge of the longer side of the cud whereby to leave said latter edge free and lin the form of a lap and the cuff having rows of stitching eX- tending parallel with but spaced from the vertical edges of the cuff whereby to form end flaps, and a button hole in each end of the cuff at the inner side of the vertical rows of stitching.

ln testimony whereof I atix my in presence of two witnesses.

LEON LAUER, JR.

signature Witnesses:

ROBERT COLE, JOHN L. RUDIGER. 

